Westhampton station explained

Westhampton
Style:Long Island Rail Road
Style2:left aligned version
Coordinates:40.8302°N -72.651°W
Tracks:2
Parking:Yes
Passengers:27[1]
Pass Year:2012 - 2014
Opened:1869
Rebuilt:1905
Accessible:yes
Zone:14
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail
Zoom:14

Westhampton is a station along the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is on Station Road and Depot Road in Westhampton, New York, just west of Old Riverhead Road and south of the Francis S. Gabreski Airport.

History

Westhampton station was originally built in 1869 along what was then the Sag Harbor Branch.[2] In 1905, a second station was built when the first one was moved to a private location.

The station burned down in 1986, but was rebuilt sometime between then and the year 2000. When Quogue station was closed on March 16, 1998, Westhampton was one of the two stations that replaced it. The other was Hampton Bays.

Station layout

The station has one eight-car-long high-level side platform on the south side of the main track. There is a shelter on the platform. A siding is on the north side of the main track.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2012-2014 LIRR Origin and Destination Report : Volume I: Travel Behavior Among All LIRR Passengers. 23 August 2016. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190717085537/http://web.mta.info/mta/planning/data/2012_LIRR_OD_Report_Volume_I_FINAL%2008232016.pdf. 17 July 2019. 29 March 2020. PDF pp. 15, 199. Data collection took place after the pretest determinations, starting in September 2012 and concluding in May 2014. .... 2012-2014 LIRR O[rigin and ]D[estination] COUNTS: WEEKDAY East/West Total By Station in Numerical Order ... Westhampton.
  2. News: Suburban Intelligence Long Island . New York Daily Herald . December 20, 1869 . 6 . Newspapers.com.